A Temperature Uniformity Survey ( TUS ) for a vacuum furnace  to satisfy AMS 2750D must be performed using established procedures and methods that fully meet the requirements of the specification and allows for consistent and more accurate...

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Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control is the most common control type algorithm used and accepted in the furnace industry.  These popular controllers are used because of their robust performance in a wide range of operating...

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Trevor Jones, Solar Atmospheres; Industrial Heating, November 2008
Furnace insulators are designed to electrically and thermally insulate.  When they become coated with metals and carbon from high-temperature processing,...

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Roger A. Jones, Solar Atmospheres
A commercial heat treating company draws on its experience and test results to determine which high-temperature alloys use for vacuum furnace baskets.

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William R. Jones, Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp.; Heat Treating January 1989
This sixth article in our series on vacuum heat treating examines contamination of the normally high-purity vacuum environment and explains how to...

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William R. Jones, Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp.; Heat Treating, July 1986
The second installment of our series on practical aspects of vacuum heat treating focuses on the critical subject of pumping, highlights the relationship...

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